Sreyash Sarkar, Ph.D.

Research interests:

Thermal nanophotonics, infrared optics, metamaterials, plasmonics, light-matter interaction, nano-scale thermal radiation, micro and nano-characterization, high-frequency computational electromagnetics.

Professional activities:

2024–present: Postdoctoral scholar, Nano-Optics group, UFE, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czechia

2023–2024: Postdoctoral scholar, CETHIL, CNRS, INSA de Lyon in Lyon, France

2021–2022: Postdoctoral scholar, UCMP, University of Luxembourg in Luxembourg, Luxembourg

2020–2021: Organizational committee member, GDR, NAMIS 2021, ESIEE Paris, Universite Gustave Eiffel Paris, France

2023: Session chair for SF05: Infrared Materials and Devices for Thermal Radiation Control, MRS ’23 Fall Meeting, Boston, USA

Education:

2018–2021: Ph.D. in Electronics, Optronics and Systems

Dept. of Health, Energy and Environment, ESYCOM, CNRS, ESIEE Paris, Universite Gustave Eiffel

2016–2018: Diplôme d'Ingénieur (M.Eng.) in Microelectronics and Nanotechnology 

Dept. of Health, Energy and Environment, ESYCOM, CNRS, ESIEE Paris, Universite Gustave Eiffel

2012–2016: Bachelor of Engineering (B.E) in Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Visvesvaraya Technological University, Bangalore, India

2010–2012: Higher Secondary (Pure Science)

South Point High School, Kolkata, India

2006–2012:  Diploma in Fine Arts, Fine and Studio Arts

Birla Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata, India

2000–2012: Diploma in Hindustani Classical Music, Vocal 

Sur Nimagan, Kolkata, India

Awards and Grants:

Scholastic

• Best Research Poster Award, Nanophotonics Symposium, MRS Fall Meeting, 2023
• Best Research Paper Award, THERMINIC Conference, 2019
• Best Research Poster Award, EUROTHERM Conference, 2018
• Best Research Poster Award, IEEE MEMS Conference, 2018
• French Govt. Grant by Paris Chamber of Commerce, ESIEE PARIS for doctoral studies, 2018 (51 k€)
• Gaurav Foundation Merit Scholarship for post-graduate studies, 2016
• Gold Medalist as an All-rounder for B.E (Bachelor of Engineering), Electrical and Electronics Engineering, 2016
• Juan de la Cierva grant nominee, ICIQ, Spain, 2023 
• EU Rising grant Postdoctoral competition winner (score: 85/90), University of Pisa, 2024

Extra-curricular

• Influential Young Poet, Tin Roof Magazine, 2019
• Unplugged Music Award for Young Master Series, 2018
• The Changing Scenery Poetry Prize, The Write Place at the Write Time, 2014
• The Yeats Prize, Tagore for Us, 2013
• Gandharva Puraskar nominee, The Arts Council, Nimagan, 2013
• Pushcart Prize nominee 2023 by 300 Days of Sun magazine

Publications:

Journal Articles:

1. Sarkar, S., Elsayed, A. et. al, Black Silicon Revisited as an Ultra-Broadband Perfect Infrared Absorber over 20 µm wavelength range, Advanced Photonics Research, Wiley, 2022.
2. Sarkar, S., Nefzaoui, E., et. al. Far-field radiative thermal rectification with bulk materials. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer,266, 107573.
3. Sarkar, S., Nefzaoui, E., et. al. Wideband mid-infrared absorber using surface doped black silicon, Applied Physics Letters, 2022.
4. Shaun, F., Sarkar, S., et. al. Sensitivity optimization of micro-machined thermo-resistive flow-rate sensors on silicon substrates. Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, 28(7), 074002.

Conference Proceedings:

1. Sarkar, S., Sarr, J., Merchiers, O., & Chapuis, P. O. (2023, November). Thermal Radiation Around a Nanobubble Generated by a Heated Gold Nanoparticle. In Material Research Society (MRS) Fall Meeting.
2. Sarkar, S., Sarr, J., Merchiers, O., & Chapuis, P. O. (2023, August). Thermal radiation across a water nanobubble induced by a heated gold nanoparticle. In Trends in Nanotechnologies (TNT).
3. Sarkar, S., Marty, F., et. al. (2022, May). Wide Band High-Level Thermal Radiation Emission of Highly Doped Black Silicon. In Eurotherm seminar No 114, 2022.
4. Sarkar, S., Marty, F., et. al. (2022, April). Radiative Properties of Surface Doped Black Silicon. In CPV-18 and TPV-13, 2022.
5. Sarkar, S., Elsayed, A., et. al. (2020, June). Enhanced Wide-band Infrared Absorptivity of Black Silicon. In Congres Annuel de la Societe Francaise de Thermique 2020.
6. Sarkar, S., Elsayed, A., et. al. (2019, September). Effects of Doping on the Morphology and Infrared Radiative Properties of Black Silicon. In 2019 25th International Workshop on Thermal Investigations of ICs and Systems (THERMINIC) (pp. 1-4) IEEE.
7. Sarkar, S., Elsayed, A., et. al. (2019, January). NIR and MIR Absorption of Ultra-Black Silicon (UBS). Application to High Emissivity, All-Silicon, Light Source. In 2019 IEEE 32nd International Conference on Micro Electromechanical Systems (MEMS) (pp. 860-862). IEEE.
8. Shaun, F., Sarkar, S., et. al. (2018, May). Energy efficient micro-machined thermal flow-rate sensor based on transient operation mode. In 2018 Symposium on Design, Test, Integration and Packaging of MEMS and MOEMS (DTIP) (pp. 1-3). IEEE.
9. Shaun, F., Nefzaoui, E., et. al. (2017, June). On the co-integration of a thermo-resistive flow-rate sensor in a multi-parameter sensing chip for water network monitoring. In 2017 19th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems (TRANSDUCERS) (pp. 1069-1072). IEEE.
10. Koya, A. N., Kuttruff, J., Tapani, T., Rodriguez, A. V., Sarkar S., Vaccarelli, O., Maccaferri, N. (2022). Control of particle trapping in solid-state nanopores with magnetic functionalities: an overview. Nanophotonics IX, 12131, 231-238.